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immigrate

Verb B1 – Intermediate

To move permanently to a country that isn't your own in order to live there.

"Her grandparents immigrated to Canada in the 1960s."

"Immigrate" is used from the new country's point of view (coming in), while "emigrate" describes leaving the old one, the same move seen from two directions.

Synonyms

relocate resettle

Antonyms